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His latest wife, Pam Flint, is said to have taken up the game so she can actually see him once in a while.

Waterman caused furore with his confession that he slapped and punched Miss Lenska, 64, twice during their 11- year marriage.

He told a forthcoming episode of Piers Morgan’s Life Stories: ‘She certainly wasn’t a beaten wife, she was hit and that’s different.’

Bogeyman: Dennis Waterman, 64, on the course on Saturday. His love of golf apparently caused many rows with Miss Lenska, while his latest wife, Pam Flint, is said to have taken up the game so she can see him

He added: ‘If a woman is a bit of a power freak and determined to put you down, and if you’re not bright enough to do it with words, it can happen.’

It comes following years of denials by Waterman, who currently stars in drama New Tricks. As a result, Miss Lenska told the Mail on Saturday: ‘For 15 years, I lived with the title of liar and sensationalist. There is now relief I can no longer be labelled that way.’

She added: ‘He’s still not taking responsibility. It’s, “It’s not my fault, no, it’s because she’s this and she’s that”.

Eleven years: Rula Lenska and Dennis Waterman, whose turbulent relationship began after they met on the set of Minder in 1981

‘Perhaps he imagines that in the eyes of the people watching, it’s a rather heroic admission. “Yeah, I slapped my wife around and I’m really ashamed”.

‘Whatever the adjectives – strong, powerful, intelligent – they can never be used as an excuse for violence towards women.’

The couple met while filming an episode of Minder in 1981, when they were both married to other people – Waterman to his second wife, Patricia Maynard, with whom he had daughters Hannah and Julie, and Miss Lenska to her first husband, actor Brian Deacon. They married in 1987 and divorced 11 years later.